Glory to GOD! This is what I am talking about! Churches uniting and carrying out The Great Commission! I have been shouting this out to the world for over 20 years!
There is too much selfishness in many Churches. I see it here in Albuquerque and all over the state of New Mexico. This is awesome news from Texas! You have Pastors here in Albuquerque who never speak with each other! I get sad when a mention the name of a long-time Albuquerque Pastor and the Pastor with whom I’m speaking has never heard of him.
You see, I witness the good, the bad and ugly as I minister. I could write a book! UNITE CHURCH! There is power in numbers that will leave the walls of the Church and hit the streets. Get off of social media and get to work, Christians. Why do we not see the top three attended Churches in Albuquerque working together? Such a downright shame! How come we do not see the smaller Churches in Albuquerque working together? What’s the problem Pastors? Why don’t Churches with low membership merge with another Church or two? What is low membership? Well, it’s 15 to 20 persons.
There is power in numbers if it is done Biblically. There is wasted expense in the operation of ’empty’ Churches. It drives me crazy when I see a big Church building nearly empty on Sundays. How are you using what God has given you?
Baptist Press
By Jane Rodgers /Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted October 30, 2025 in Churches and Ministry
ROANOKE, Texas — Two pastors serving in the same town met up at a coffee shop one day to get acquainted. Bruce Barber was the veteran pastor of the 150-year-old First Baptist Church in Roanoke. James Sercey, a young church planter, pastored Cross & Crown Church, which was meeting in a local elementary school.
Two hours later, the pastors – and their respective congregations – began an unexpected journey.
First Baptist Roanoke was stable but not growing, and Barber knew it. With 45 members by 2024, the historic church was doing all the right things to recover but seeing few wins. On the recommendation of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s Jeff Lynn, Barber and a team from First Baptist Roanoke began participating in Regenesis, the SBTC’s church health and renewal process.
Even so, church leaders began to realize turning the corner might not be feasible.
When Barber came to the church in 2005, it was running about 65. Roanoke’s population was under 5,000.
“There was one red light. Two cars was a traffic jam,” Barber said. “[The church] grew, grew, grew the first seven years. Then people started moving to be near children or [for] jobs. We were about 150, then dwindled. We’d be stable, then slowly decline, then stabilize.” The congregation was also aging. More Here
